Last week I was driving on a state highway (in NE) Found a slick area and ended up rolling my xj 1.25 times. Luckily I was on 12"+ of snow before it went over so for the most part all it did was cave the roof in and crack the upper right corner of the windsheild. It still runs and drives ok but the drivers side doors close against the drip rail which holds the top of the door 1.5" away from the gasket. I just ended up with a sore neck and shoulder from it (did get checked out just in case). I'm frustrated because I have 4 winter only tires with perhaps 4k miles on them and 5 Dextero A.T. tires with less than 3k miles on them all in p235/75r15 and on matching factory rims. The Jeep is not worth fixing but has a good drive train. I'm trying to decide weather to keep it and try to push the roof and drip edge back up where they belong, part it out, or junk it. I don’t like the last option because I'm sure there are those who could really use the drive train, and the junk yard would not give me much for the tires and wheels. Parting it out is likely to get me in trouble with my towns cops but if I keep it tagged and drive it from time to time they can't (legally) say much, but I don't know if I could justify that.

 

first, we need pics. if the roof is caved in enough, the cops won't even let you drive it, as it's been compromised and be deemed unsafe.

 

Wish I had a camera I could post from, but I don't. Can't get pics from my flip phone.

 

I got the roof mostly pushed back up and have driven it. It drives ok and surprisingly little wind comes in where the doors don't seal! I plan on doing a little more massaging of the body replacing both outside mirrors (damaged in the roll) and drive it in bad weather or on bad/no roads. I figure that if it gets damaged worse I still wont lose anything. I have a clean title on it (no insurance claim not "totalled" ). I can drive it when my other vehicle is down for repairs, or when I don't want to risk it.

 

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In AZ we'd just cut the roof off, cage it, and drive the wheels off.